Bill
Migration Amendment (Common Sense Partner Visa) Bill 2020
lapsed, as at 2021-08-10. (s) HILL, Julian, MP portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Julian Hill
- Portfolio
- (s) HILL, Julian, MP
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2020-11-30
- second reading — 2020-11-30
- other — 2021-08-10
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2020-11-30.
The bill would temporarily allow people applying for a Subclass 309 Partner (Provisional) visa to be granted the visa while they are inside Australia.
It would suspend the current requirement that applicants be outside Australia at the time of visa grant, which the sponsor says has become difficult due to COVID-19 travel disruptions.
The change would apply from the day after Royal Assent until 31 December 2021, after which the usual off-shore requirement would resume.
- Allow Subclass 309 visa applicants to be granted a visa while onshore for a specified period.
- Suspend the requirement in the Migration Regulations that applicants be outside Australia at the time of visa grant.
- Set the temporary period from the day after Royal Assent until 31 December 2021.
Applicants for Subclass 309 Partner (Provisional) visas who are onshore in Australia and unable to travel overseas due to COVID-19 restrictions.
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